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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 4037462, member: 5798"] [B]Ayanna Patterson dunks!!![/B] Get use to it. It's going to happen. The first time she does it at a home game, the crowd will go nuts, and that play will be on SportsCenter. ;) I appreciate and respect others that don't like or want to see women dunking. Fear not, you won't see too many women dunking this coming season or the near future. Only a very select few. [B]Here's the thing about girls dunking in high school or college....those that can will. Those that can't, wish they could.[/B] As we know, (I'm guessing here) 95% or more of women that play basketball cannot dunk. Look for a moment at the list of the best women in the history of UConn basketball. How many of them could dunk, or dunked in a game? Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore are considered two of THE BEST players in UConn lore. Neither of them ever dunked a ball in a game. No hops. A lot of players can "jump", but not dunk. It wasn't something either cared or worried about because it was never part of their skill set. I know there were times during certain games that Dee would have flushed a dunk or two if she could have, just to make a statement.....like in the closing moments of a huge rivalry game, putting that final cherry on top. Most of the greatest women players that ever played the game NEVER dunked. They didn't have the hops. I believe most of them would have IF they could have. [B]You can't expect or ask a player with a certain skill set not to use or exhibit them in a game. [/B]Why would you? As a coach, I would [U]never[/U] ask a player not to do something he/she can do, is comfortable doing, and has been doing for years. Coaches strive to help players get better, not stay the same or . Use it or lose it. I'd let them use it. I would give Ayanna the green light to dunk EVERYTIME the opportunity presented itself......except if we were blowing out a team, then just lay it up. You [U]never[/U] want to rub salt in an open wound, or kick an opponent when they're down. THAT would be a "bush league" tactic. Not cool under any circumstances. :confused: Can you imagine a coach telling [B]Michael Jordan[/B] or [B]Julius (the doctor) Irving[/B] not to dunk in a game? :eek: Me either. [/QUOTE]

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